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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the European Union's Smart Grid Coordination Group (SG-CG) will work together on smart grid standards development with an emphasis on common goals.

"While the potential benefits of smart grids are enormous, they can only be fully reached if we can all agree on global solutions," said Ralph Sporer, SG-CG chairman.

In addition to working on existing standards concepts and efforts, like NIST's Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards and the EU's Smart Grid mandate, the collaboration also will focus on

·         Legislation, regulation and other policies

·         Respective work methods, work programs and time lines

·         Standardization deliverables

·         Testing and certification frameworks

·         Cybersecurity requirements and technologies

"The need for integration of multiple technologies, the many international activities and ever-changing technical solutions within a short time frame make standards development a challenging task for standards organizations worldwide," said NIST's George Arnold, national coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability in the U.S. "But this collaboration should help make sure that no one reinvents the wheel."

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